Cukai (Terengganu state constituency)
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 Terengganu constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PN | ||
| Constituency created | 1959 | ||
| First contested | 1959 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023) | 39,153 | ||
Cukai is a state constituency in Terengganu, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly.[1]
The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.
Demographics
[edit]History
[edit]Polling Districts
[edit]According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Cukai constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.[3]
| State Constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cukai (N31) | Bakau Tinggi | 040/31/01 | SMK Sultan Ismail |
| Kampung Besut | 040/31/02 | SK Seri Kemaman | |
| Kampung Tuan | 040/31/03 | SK Chukai | |
| Gong Limau | 040/31/04 | SK Seri Iman | |
| Gong Pauh | 040/31/05 | SMK Bukit Mentok | |
| Kubang Kurus | 040/31/06 | SMK Chukai | |
| Banggul | 040/31/07 | SMK Chukai | |
| Kampung Tengah | 040/31/08 | SK Chukai | |
| Kuala Kemaman | 040/31/09 | SK Kuala Kemaman | |
| Geliga | 040/31/10 | SMK Geliga | |
| Jakar | 040/31/11 | SJK (C) Chukai | |
| Fikri | 040/31/12 | SK Mak Lagam | |
| Paya Berenjut | 040/31/13 | SMK Banggol | |
| Geliga Besar | 040/31/14 | SK Seri Geliga |
Representation History
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Cukai | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Chukai | |||
| 1st | 1959–1964 | Yeo Eng Cho | Alliance (MCA) |
| 2nd | 1964–1969 | Mohd Taha Embong | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1969–1971 | Assembly dissolved | ||
| 3rd | 1971–1974 | Teh Hassan | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 4th | 1974–1978 | Wan Mokhtar Ahmad | BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | 1978–1982 | ||
| 6th | 1982–1986 | ||
| Cukai | |||
| 7th | 1986–1990 | Wan Mokhtar Ahmad | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | 1990–1995 | ||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | ||
| 10th | 1999–2004 | Awang Jusoh | PAS |
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Mohamad Awang Tera | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | ||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | Hanafiah Mat | PR (PAS) |
| 14th | 2018–2020 | PAS | |
| 2020–2023 | PN (PAS) | ||
| 15th | 2023–present | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Hanafiah Mat | 18,394 | 64.13 | |||
| BN | Mohamed Rahim Hussin | 10,288 | 35.87 | |||
| Total valid votes | 28,682 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 120 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 21 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,823 | 73.63 | ||||
| Registered electors | 39,153 | |||||
| Majority | 8,106 | 28.26 | ||||
| PAS hold | Swing | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Terengganu".
- ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Federal Gazette [dead link]
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